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Tube workers' strike averted with pay deal
Tube workers who threatened eight days of strikes will receive pay increases of up to £4,600 (Dh31,477), it was revealed on Wednesday.
- Evening Standard
- Published: 23:43 August 20, 2008
London Tube workers who threatened eight days of strikes will receive pay increases of up to £4,600 (Dh31,477), it was revealed on Wednesday.
The deal will push the pay of track points technicians to about £37,000. Senior signals staff already earning up to £52,000 will get an additional £2,600 in the first stage of a two-year deal.
Leaders of the RMT union called off the strike, which was due to start at noon last day, after forcing Tube Lines to increase its pay and conditions offer.
In the face of the strike threat, Tube Lines agreed a two-year deal, increasing pay by 4.99 per cent this year (up from 4.95 per cent) from next April.
The offer includes a minimum £1,000 salary increase for lower paid grades and apprentices, while points technicians will receive an additional increase of £3,000 on their basic salaries plus the 4.99 per cent rise in the first year of the deal.
Mayor Boris Johnson said it was "very good news for all of London" that the strikes had been called off.
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